Apparatus for processing sugar-corn.



PATENTED APR. 23, 1907.

L. S. -FLBGKBNSTBN APPARATUS FOR PROGESSIN SUGAR CORN.

APPLICATION FILED JAN,12,1907.

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PATBNTED APR. 23, 1907. L. S. PLEOKENSTEIN.

APPARATUS POR PROCESSING SUGAR OORN.

APPLICATION FILED .TAN.12.1907.

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APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING SUGAR CORN.

APPLICATION FIL ED JAN.1Z. 1907.

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INVENTOH' A TTOHNEYS No. 851,511. PATENTED APR. 23, 1907. L. S.PLEGKENSTBIN.

APPARATUS POR PROCESSING SUGAR CORN.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 12. 1907.

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'LEONARD S. FLECKENSTEIN, EASTON, MARYLAND.

APPARATUS Pon Peooessirie SUGAR-CORN.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented. April 9S, 1907.

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Application iiled January l2 proved Apparatus for Processing Sugar- Ccm,of which the following is a specifica- My invention is an apparatusdesigned and adapted lor processing canned sugar-corn, or like.products, by a continuous method,

lwhereby the result is eiected much more quickly and economically thanby the apparatus and methods ordinarily employed.

The details of construction, arrangement, and combination of partsconstituting my improved apparatus are as hereinafter described, andshovm in the accompanying drawings,'in which Figure 1 is a side view ofthe steam box or casing in which the processing'is effected. Fig. 2 isin part a side view and 1n part a longitudinal section of the box orcasing. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4is a perspective view illustrating a portion of one of the endlesstraveling conveyers. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectlon on the line^5-5 ofFig. 3.\

The steam tight box or casing A-see especially Fig. l-in 4which therocessing is eli'ected, is oblong and rectangu ar, and provided withdoors a in the side and ends;- also with glazed inspection openings b,thermometers-c, steam-gages d, and a safet -valve e. Steam is admittedby pipe B, preterably at two points as indicated, The canscontaining'corn or other goods as they come from the capper, arereceived at one of the upper corners of the box or casing A, and are de-.livered from the opposite lower corner of the same, this o erationbeing effected by means of a rotatab e cylinder 1 which is surrounded bya casing 2 and provided with a series of longitudinal grooves of a sizeadapted to receive a can. The discharge of cans iseiiected by a similarcylinder 3 in a casing 4, the cans passing out through an opening 5 intoa cold water'vat G. The entire interior of the steam-box, or casing, A,is occu ied by a series of tracks kand endless trave ing conveyers, thedetails 'of construction, arrangement and operation being as follows.The tracksM 7 are arranged a general horizontalpotion, or in other wordstraverse the steam chamber from end to end, and are arranged one aboveanother, but separated by a space more than sufficient to accommodatethe cans.

Each of the tracks comprises ,a series of inv chnes projecting upwardand downward, al-

ternately, and arranged in pairs, each pair iornung an obtuse angle.

cent plane sections or portions ofthe track incline downward, and theadjacent air upward to a corresponding height. In t Way l form ay trackover which the cans roll first 4downward singly, and then upward doubly,and so on, and they are delivered at the end of each track to the' onenext below, and so -on until iinally delivered to .the discharger 3 atthe bottom of the steam chamber. For propelling the cans er these tracksfrom the entrance to the exit, I employ the conveyers .constructed asslown, in Figs. 2 and 4';

thus, endless chains 8 rim on sprocket wheels 9 mounted on transverseshafts 9. at the ends of the steam chamber, and tie said chains areconnected transversclyb flat bars 10, the same having suflicient wldthto ensure their contact with the cans at all times while.

traversing the tracks.

As shown in Fig. 2, a can has just been delivered on the first track 7and another 1s about to leave thc rotating cylinderl.A These two canswill obviously roll one ata time down the Ifirst incline of the track bygravity,

and then they must be 'propelled up thesuc-f ceeding incline by one oftic bars 10, which thus serves as a pusher. Upon reaching the apex ortop oil the first upward incline, the lirst can passing over the same,rolls forward down the next incline, and then the second one follows andboth the cans remain together in theI center of the incline until thesame ush-bar 10 coming in contact with them, 'o1-ces them uplthesucceeding incline, and so on throughout. the whole series of inclines.Upon reaching the end f the track,say the vfirst track shown in Fig. `2,the cans ass off the end of the track and tall upon t e succeedingtrack. It will be noted that each alternate track is attached (to theleft hand end, or wall, of the steam chamber, vand that the otherintervening tracks are se arated. therefrom by a space sufficient to alow the rdownwa'd passage. of a can. lt will be seen iFig. 3 that thetracks 7 are provided with longitudinal guides 7a 'between Whieh thecons roll. It will loe understood thet s series of cans roll toge therover oooh of numloered tracks, the number in this case five in s row,the saine boing arranged and remaining in alinement as they roll, outthe number may 'ne varied; Thus iyocunssimultaneously delivered into thesteam chamber and five cans are simultaneously.'

ejrrenedjut the sigles 4of the steam f l 'en that iufhich carry sendeareineaoh 'ease looeted 7below the est; ienne-wes the essere passavo ofthe' @ons er. -n passing over m l Y -e track i', the push- 'p y 'oneincline and flown 'ii-0Min n A Y I (1kV grrr 'vl/ rotetaljle'eylinder isdriven sp'rooket chain 'll roin esh'- iion'rrted on the 'top of rthe'b'oX A; and the seirleylind'e'r l vis operatively connected' *by* mitregears with e vertical shoft-l$elrrenged v)onf thefront, side of the, boxA, the 'same being singin'girly intere@ geared with `'the 'lower yonders, .mi meditely, the shaft 135i@ similarly :ge-ered on which theendles'schnins' 8 run. t two cylinders l and 3 end Vallthe'e'inilessjooir veye'rs are driven from the samefsonrce o" poire-rondoperate simultaneously.

my improved eperatus, ysingencorri-` end like 'rodu'cts may e processedwithout the 'aid o hand labor and in si inuoii shorter'L y' time than bythe usual apparatus. l iCf-:

s or ifi/ie "shorter tre/"sits '2' .so that .they do of o serres of n n.l Tgenerelhorizontajl plonesiend parellel to 'eaoh it lhas generallyrequired about 'qlmnlitesftoi Y, effect this result, while .by myepp'ore't'u's this l may be donev in about A35 minutes, Besides' 'thelcons pass m port ov mother sind spaced horn eeoh other, end oom-'a ingagain occursupony passing the apexes of the upward inoilns, endegain inpassing, 6 from one trank onto another. r[hns byje'rring y or shaking,as Well es by rolling, the contents of the @ons are shifted in suolimanner that the heet has access to all v'portions of the semet in otherWords, the heet is thus able to penetrate to the central portonof thecan, or its contents, end this is done in less than half the time'required in the old Way. It has been demonstrated that if cans lie atrest, it requires from 45 to 48 minutes for steam heat to reach the'central portions' or"` the eens, under the ordinsry pressure, Whereas,when the 'cons are rolled ond jorred' or shaken, this may be eiieoed infrom 18 to 20 minutes. The temperature et Which they are treated, may be250 F.y so thnt'the contents ofthe eens are thoroughly sterilized indAthereby preserved indefinitely, I

it to be understood thottlie .tracks 7 'i may be constructed of anypreferred msxce-4 S riait 4but material such es steel or iron, whichcombines oheo'pness with strength' ond-oompogootive lightness, is tolie-Ereerred; and they may be galvanized if desired. .lclairnt 'g Theimproved apparatus Afor the purpose specified comprising a steam-tightbox; a een track having e succession of elevations, or 'portionsprojecting above its general plone, said elevations being sepratedbyfaspace exceeding the 'diameter of the eens to' he" treated, and meganefor -'iopelling {allenare} along the track and over the eleyetionsfroie'egch'of Whi'ohthe'y allinto esuoceeding'de pression', .,tvll'er'eby'theyV are l simnltaneonsl rototedeidrjerrevas described. i l 2.Inenjperatusjfor,the pilpose' ,specie .edjthe odin( irtinfw'tlia steamti'g'li'flaoir," traoksnrrengedthere 1n;y

gfcomposed of a, series ofed arranged at en obtuse angle' i ook'terminotirlgshort of th foi the ox; and' means for pushing heheitrsolsi ywhereby.1tliey',-pses Q0, l y k 'on to the lone'l'eloigr endnth oppositedrezjtion; endeo nostri if L s subsi;siiitiayasd@-v 'thersk,each

hoisonta plone on mpns depressed and elev 'l seres-1 for pushing' theoensvfer th .olned portions, suhstantially'e y Y 4. ln en apparatus fortl'ie'pu'rpo'se speci flied, the combination, with a steomtiglit box ofo series of tracks Aarrenged one oh'vej, I

prisng alternately depressed and elevated sageways formed betweenadjacent traelcs, portions, the depressed portion of one track andsliding in' Contact with the elevatedv porbeing directly over thecorresponding portion I t of another, and a series of endless eouveyersl comprising endless chains, sprocket wheels i 1011s of the lutter, esshown and described. l LEONARD S. FLECKENS'l`EIN. Witnesses J. PERCYAIKENHEAD] FRANK A. WHITE.

and Gross bers connecting the chains, the cross bars extondmgtransversely 1n thepas-

